Episode 32 | From Qur’an Memorization to Marathon Discipline with Yusuf Siddiqui

Описание: In this episode of The Caravan Podcast, we sit down with Yusuf Siddiqui, also known as Yusuf The Truth, for one of our most personal conversations yet.

At 12 years old, Yusuf was sent to an Islamic boarding school in New York to memorize the Qur’an. What followed was four years of extreme structure, isolation, discipline, and identity formation. In this episode, he opens up about the emotional weight of that experience, the anger he carried afterward, and how he rebuilt himself years later through marathon training and entrepreneurship.

We talk about religious trauma, rediscovering faith on your own terms, content creation as a business, agencies and brand deals, perfectionism, procrastination, and why true growth happens when you confront the hard things you’ve been avoiding.

This is a conversation about becoming capable.

If you’ve ever struggled with identity, discipline, fear of failure, or rebuilding your relationship with faith, this episode will resonate deeply.

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro
2:10 Growing up between New Orleans, Houston, and New York
5:45 Sent to boarding school at 12
10:30 What Islamic boarding school was really like
18:20 Loneliness, journal entries, and emotional lows
24:50 Religious trauma and why some people disconnect from faith
33:40 Reintegrating into normal life after boarding school
40:15 From community college to content creation during COVID
47:30 Brand deals, agencies, and creator business models
55:10 Perfectionism vs publishing
1:02:40 Marathon training and confronting procrastination
1:13:20 The mindset shift that changed everything
1:22:00 What Yusuf is building in 2026: The Foundation

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